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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Projectile vomiting, but with a didgeridoo

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a didgeridon't to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No that's the Alphorn

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Be left 100% alone

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always lay in bed and play Minecraft when I'm sick. I didn't grow up with Minecraft, and I really don't understand the intricacies of it, but a few years ago I had pneumonia and Minecraft was the only game I could figure out through the brain fog. To this day I always pick it back up and start a new game whenever I'm under the weather. It's just so peaceful and charming. It cheers me up right away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you want some variety, I played a ton of PowerWash Simulator when I had COVID and it was fantastic. Just chill, not much thought required, and clean stuff with a pressure washer progression system.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Watch Star Trek in bed. Or more realistically listen to Star Trek as my eyes will be closed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Such a nice way to pass the time. :)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Watch ElectroBOOM videos. He provides good comedy with scientific knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I already watched all of them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this! I have a new time filler ...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Stay in bed for some cat therapy. Nothing like having a warm and purring kitty on each side of you to chase the symptoms away.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reinstall my Arch Linux (EndeavourOS actually) system.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I also try to stick to my daily routines as much as possible.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Just play low-stakes casual games. I swear I associate getting sick with playing Bejeweled 3 in bed now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Sleep. The second I start feeling under the weather I adjust to get as much sleep as possible immediately. It absolutely reduces the time needed to recover.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fast. Clears up all my symptoms like sniffling and nose running, and then I'm better after a day or two.

Plus while fasting I feel a little bit high so I can just zone out and read or play a video game so I get that being sick part over with quickly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Drink tea and read lots. Maybe bake bread. Being sick is one of the few times I get to stay home, slow down, and put off all the usually daily chores.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Lipton chicken and noodles, crackers, Gatorade and The Price Is Right on Pluto

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Hot shower and wash with a scratchy cloth. Whine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Take the day off work. Knowing that I can just be under the bed covers and I don't have to even hear about a work issue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Feel sorry for myself?

Idk thankfully I don't get sick very often, and I attribute that to masking, handwashing, and taking every vaccine the world will provide me with. Most of my sick days are something like back pain.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

When I was younger I'd lie in bed and watch winter sports like ski jumping, biathlon, bobsled, that kind of thing. It was the only thing on t.v. and I never really paid attention. Just people doing stuff in the snow, nice mountain scenery, some commentator talking in the background. It might not sound like much, but it felt soothing for some reason.
Nowadays fold out the guest bed in the attic, get cozy, and sleep whenever I can. If that's not possible I play a game to keep myself distracted from how sick I'm feeling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mint tea and thin mint Girl Scout cookies… I don’t really either at any other time, but if I’m under the weather, nothing sounds good to eat. I do my best to drink water and stay hydrated, but guzzling water all day when I do t feel good is a chore. So I’ll have tea and cookies instead.

I’m so habituated that it’s frequently when I realize that I AM sick, because I’ll find myself looking in the cupboard for thin mints.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hot and sour soup from my local triad restaurant. Good for all that ails you.

Even got me through COVID17.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Soups, Gatorade, ginger ale, saltine crackers, DayQuil, cough drops, comfy pajamas, blanket, and gaming ALL FUCKING day

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Take meds and suffer in silence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fruit juice, vitamin C, fruit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

lay in bed, and do things that can be done from bed, i.e. reading or playing on my phone

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

drink ice tea?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid, listen to a symphony 8 track or read. Soup usually is comforting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Read manga or watch anime or just YT.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Work. It takes my mind off being sick if possible. I also like working while sick because it means I can use my paid sick leave as extra holiday.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then you run the risk of getting other people sick that way. Unless you can't afford it, and/or don't have the sick time, you should never go to work sick unless you work alone. If you do anyway, you're not being smart, just irresponsible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes obviously but I work from home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If that is the case, then yeah you're totally cool. Though I would argue that it did not seem, all that obvious judging from your comment text.

There are a lot of assholes out there after all.